#ECE8A2#ECE8A2

#ECE8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.089 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8A2
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 31.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -9.09, 34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 35.79, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0235 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.089 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.9708, 78.1561, 45.5751)
Luminance	0.7815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8A2 #A2A6EC

analogous

#ECC3A2 #ECE8A2 #CBECA2

triadic

#ECE8A2 #A2ECE8 #E8A2EC

tetradic

#ECE8A2 #A2ECC3 #A2A6EC #ECA2CB

square

#ECE8A2 #A2ECC3 #A2A6EC #ECA2CB

split-complementary

#ECE8A2 #A2CBEC #C3A2EC

monochromatic

#D7CF3C #E2DB6F #ECE8A2 #F6F5D5 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#ECE8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8A2

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8A2	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.089 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbe',
    500: '#ece8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8a2;
$custom-light: #f3efbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91793,
    "c": 0.0893,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8A2

secondary

#6A6FC8

accent

#21CE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8A2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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